Articles describing canine thyroid disease including its diagnosis, etiology, and treatment.
Radosta LA, Shofer FS, Reisner IR. Veterinary journal 2012;192:472-475. A cross-sectional study was performed in order to examine the association between canine aggression to familiar people and serum concentrations of total thyroxine (TT4), free thyroxine (fT4), thyroxine autoantibodies (T4AA), total … Read More
Urie BK, Russell DS, Kisseberth WC, et al. BMC Vet Res 2012;8:67. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Toceranib phosphate (Palladia) has a reported objective response rate of 25% in both canine apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma (AGASACA) and thyroid carcinoma (TC), with stable … Read More
Villalon CM, Galicia-Carreon J, Gonzalez-Hernandez A, et al. Eur J Pharmacol 2012;683:204-210. During a migraine attack capsaicin-sensitive trigeminal sensory nerves release calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), producing cranial vasodilatation and central nociception; hence, trigeminal inhibition may prevent this vasodilatation and abort … Read More
Gestier S, Cook RW, Agnew W, et al. Journal of comparative pathology 2012;146:327-331. An 11-month-old neutered female weimaraner was humanely destroyed 6 days after an acute onset of neurological signs. At necropsy examination the pituitary gland was replaced by a … Read More
Williams TL, Elliott J, Syme H. in Conference Proceedings. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012;752-754. IH is reported to increase the incidence of azotemia in hyperthyroid cats following treatment. IH is also associated with a decreased heart rate (HR), … Read More
Daniel G. in Conference Proceedings. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012;700-702. Scintigraphic studies are used in veterinary medicine to image thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pancreatic diseases. By far, the most common of these studies is thyroid scintigraphy. Thyroid scintigraphy … Read More
James J, Ruggeri B, Armstrong RC, et al. Molecular cancer therapeutics 2012;11:930-941. Mutations in the BRAF gene have been identified in approximately 7% of cancers, including 60% to 70% of melanomas, 29% to 83% of papillary thyroid carcinomas, 4% to … Read More
Baird-Heinz HE, Van Schoick AL, Pelsor FR, et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2012;240:705-715. Objective-To critically evaluate and summarize available information on the safety of potassium bromide in dogs. Design-Systematic review. Sample-111 references reporting safety information relevant to potassium … Read More
Roth DR, Perentes E. Exp Toxicol Pathol 2012;64:243-245. Microscopic examination of the heart of a clinically normal 14-month-old female Beagle dog revealed the presence of ectopic thyroid tissue at the base of the heart, around the aorta, and intracardially at … Read More
Kohler B, Stengel C, Neiger R. J Small Anim Pract 2012;53:182-184. Objectives: Evaluation of dogs with elevated plasma thyroxine concentration fed raw food before and after changing the diet. Method: Between 2006 and 2011 all dogs presented with an elevated … Read More